Sport, racism and inequality
Medium
Periodical Article
Medium
- part of - (Periodical Copy) (Date) Feb2002 (Volume) 11 (Number) 3
Classif
301 SOC
Subject
Sociology
Page
8 - 11
Authors
Carrington, Ben
Contents
There is a popular belief that sport is a meritocratic arena largely free from the damaging effects of racism. There is also a widespread assumption that sport provides empirical evidence of racial and biological differences between white, black and Asian athletes. Isn't this just too simplistic?
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